2007-02-23 04:43:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
No. The news now is polluted with opinions and editorials from both the left and right. Even headline type of reports are almost followed by arguments from two pundits that have studied a "playbook" with talking points.
I wish CNN and FOX and the others would not have a Republican or Democrat (even the so-called think tanks are affiliated with political parties) to talk on every issue and policy being reported. All of these opinions are almost always regurgitated opinions from the base.
Just a note here: I was very impressed that Jon Stewart's rant on CNN's Crossfire caused the station to pull that program... I think it showed that elements of the news media does want to steer away from it... unfortunately, it did not last long.
2007-02-23 05:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is! What else could they show? Surely the public is not so addle-brained to have something as simple as propaganda actually work. With such a healthy and educated people here in the good ol' u.s of a anything but the truth is unacceptable. Who can't deny that Bush is the greatest president this country has ever seen? We've had so few casualties in the war against terror too! Something must be going right over there. Those pro war programs and commercials are incredibly well documented. I don't think the editors even can touch it.
2007-02-23 05:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by petenick_1984 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coming from someone who doesn't know that the word media is plural, which means the "media are" instead of the "media is," you should be less critical of what they do and concentrate more on proper English.
Let's just say you abolish all the media outlets... then what? Do you really think we would be better off? I doubt it.
Everything the media report on comes from a source. As a member of the media, I find it quite ridiculous that there are really people in this world who believe the news is tainted by fiction. Is the angle of the story skewed? Possibly. But what is reported represents facts backed by sources. Is it your belief the media fabricate stories prior to reporting them?
My advice - stay away from blogs. That's fiction.
2007-02-23 05:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Not really. They all have an agenda. For example, conservative media wants you to believe all our military are brave heroes, the president is not an idiot, and that this administration represents "small government." And the liberal media cannot be honest about social truth--like how blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crime compared to the population as a whole.
2007-02-23 04:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please, JJ sports guy. We cannot take your answer seriously. None of the news is factual when it comes down to it. I know it would be hard to shatter the bubble around your little world, but it's time! Do you honestly hear people say "the media are"? I doubt it. Insulting someone to make a point is weak, because outside of the insult you have nothing but a blind devotion to a false reality.
2007-02-23 05:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by priestessblissed 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in my view the media has been sold to the highest bidder.. and there is now little justice.. major crimes can be overlooked and facts ignored.. just look at Anna Nicoles case.. perfect example of how the legal system is a whore to the rich..
and NO I dont believe hardly anything i see in the media.. I always presume there is a hidden agenda.. just look at how Fox news covered the Iraq war!!
2007-02-23 05:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
those wealthy actually everyone looks extra regularly than not Liberal. it really is the only maximum misunderstood stereotype: CEO's are extra regularly than not Liberal. The writers and newshounds are all libs by using the indisputable fact that career attracts them in. I dated a reporter. no longer one Newsman/reporter admitted to being Conservative for concern of being scorned. it really is like that with the Left. they're nasty to absolutely everyone who disagrees with them. in simple terms look at how they deal with Caroline Kennedy as against Palin. I stay in ny State and characteristic considered the headlines and browse the editorials. it really is BLATANT bias on their area and they must feel embarrassment about themselves, yet by some means they sleep at nighttime. Liberals say all the right issues regardless of if their regulations do no longer artwork. you could't say particular issues on television that are the reality without coming off badly. it really is only a truth. themes are many times way too complicated to pass into the way they ought to, so that they %. and decide effortless soundbites. EX: The voters in ny go with union sponsored college forums because the paper not at all comments on such issues as pensions and wellbeing care pacts. i'm interior the peace of mind employer, and the ny State wellbeing care kit for instructors is outrageous. it really is way too a lot. They get one plan with 4 possibilities that kept the district $5,000,000 very last year. notwithstanding the Union went to courtroom to pass decrease back to the former equipment that had 4 seperate vendors. similar plan to a tee! extra intense priced because the unions care about undesirable youthful ones? Or they care about leverage for a $5,000,000 accross the board develop of their next settlement? They already retire at 55 depending on the finest 3 years of their sales without state tax and infinite time previous regulation to bump that pension. you could't locate this info interior the info. in simple terms can not. Why? because maximum individuals do not draw close all the contracts and in effortless words pay interest to "union" those who "care about the toddlers". it really is digusting.
2016-12-04 20:34:33 · answer #7 · answered by plyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Media" is out to make a buck. They could care less if the stories they report are true or not. It's all about the all mighty dollar.
2007-02-23 05:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by Robert and Tanya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people do, but the wise knows that it is an outlet for propaganda, government and otherwise.
2007-02-23 04:47:37 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its an individuals take on factual news.. and its the same stories on all channels run into the ground...
2007-02-23 05:16:04 · answer #10 · answered by TheyCallMeMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋